Bodhisattva (one of a pair)
CultureChinese
Dateca. 580-589 C.E.
MediumGilt bronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF87-8/2
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionEash standing on a lotus-petal base wearing long robes and beaded necklaces, the diadem hung with long trailing scarves, with a small "flaming pear" held up in the right and left hand, respectively, the pair intended to stand right and left of a Sakyamuni figure, wood stand.ProvenanceLaurence Sickman;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1987.
Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 307 (repro.).
Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 318, fig. 107 (repro.).
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